Evolution of information about feeding and nutrition. Challenges for and by the consumer

Abstract

In today’s society has a much disposal information, -the people have never had access to as much information or as many ways and means of communication as we do now-, we take for granted what foods and drinks are good for our health thanks to the transmission of information over the centuries, which has been through observational data and, more recently, also through analytical data based on scientific-technical research, although in some cases opinions are still issued based on observational rather than analytical data, when the latter many times they correct the first ones. We must also locate in our environment and our customs and all this will provide us with a better knowledge about the influence of nutrition and eating habits and lifestyle in health, including more and more the behavioral model as a basic axis for nutrition and dietetic sciences. What premises can we use to analyze: how was this transmission of information and knowledge in food and eating habits in previous times? From what ways and forms was transmitted information about the characteristics of food some citizens to others? intuition or everything based on experiences and observational data? were there substantial changes in periods prior to this large distribution of food and beverages that exists today…? © 2019 SENPE.